1920s offroading

[dean zuk]

Who needs mud tyres or 4wd?

[tweake]

some of the photos in the local museums are interesting. driving through clay tracks. Auckland to Whangarei took 3-4 days !

[Nizzanman]

Fantastic, think I need to get me one, do they sell them on Trade me?

[Nizzanman]

Love it

[Ralfie]

So why is it they get so far in 2wd and skinny tyres and we have 4wd and wide tyres to do same thing?

[tweake]

looks like its just slush on top and the skinny tires cut down to the hard.

[rokhound]

Check out the ground clearance on cars of that vintage as well. What a lot of guys now call a hardcore club trip was just a drive down main street for those guys. Awesome.

[niblik]

Lmfao.... They look like handle like vomitron.....

[Mehrts]

Love the rollover!

[Smurf]

Love the rollover!

that wasn't a roll over, they were just cleaning the rubbish out of it.

[IcedJohnno]

So why is it they get so far in 2wd and skinny tyres and we have 4wd and wide tyres to do same thing?

These old Dodges and also Model A Fords have large 4 cyl engines with low compression ratios and very mild cam timing. They also have large flywheels and cast iron pistons and long strokes (up to 150mm) all making for 'soft' docile engines that pull like the proverbial schoolboy!

The gearing is remarkably low and the 24" wheels have a tyre with an OD similar to a 34" tyre. At 4.5" wide they are much narrower though, and yes they do cut into, and through the mud.

The car probably only has a 3 speed box as well, however many vintage roads in the mid-west US were much like the scenes displayed here, before and during the Depression. So many cars of that era were designed for such rigors.

This is why vintage cars are awesome fun for back country expedition holidays. I have been with a group of thirty vintage cars up at 6000 feet above Wanaka and other tracks all over the south island on a couple of seperate two week holidays. Also on a weekend adventure on tracks near the Lewis Pass that the run-holder only takes his horse on!
Great fun!

[Waddles]

wow goes beta than recent toyotas